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Please leave my Kindle alone. I don't want it to be fancy. I want to read books on it. Cheap, long battery life, and a screen that reads like a book is as clever as I ever want from it. I have no intention of replacing my kindle anytime soon. I don't care if a new version comes out that's 10 times faster... I'm completely content with the one I have.

When I want to use an iPad (for something other than reading books), then I'll just use my iPad.




Me too. The Kindle is optimized for reading books, and it does that very well. I'm satisfied with it.


The first question I always get from people who haven't seen a Kindle before is "can you go on the internet with it?" sigh

"No- it's just for reading books. Nothing else."

The problem is, I realise that it can go on the internet. It's just so damn slow that it makes everything else look way better. Not offering web browsing would stop feature creep.


Although I agree that removing non-primary features would help have a more honest comparison, there is a great advantage to the Kindle having a web browser.

You can download books straight from the internet to your device. You can go to the Project Gutenberg website (http://www.gutenberg.org/) browse for a public domain book, and download it straight to your device. You don't need to use an intermediate computer.


I actually kind of appreciate that it is not really good at anything else. It means it will never be co-opted for some other duty.




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